Araku and Vanjangi packages at a glance
Araku and Vanjangi tour packages cost ₹5,299 to ₹13,499 per person for a 2 to 5 day trip, depending on the length, the season and whether you take a fixed-date group departure or a private trip.
- Duration: 2, 3, 4, 5 days; two days is the shortest that catches a sunrise, three or four adds Lambasingi or the Vizag coast.
- Price: ₹5,299 to ₹13,499 per person, twin or triple sharing.
- Route: The ghat road up from Visakhapatnam for the Borra caves and Araku valley, and a pre-dawn drive to Vanjangi hill for the sea of clouds.
- Travel: Visakhapatnam is the gateway: three hours up the ghat by road, or the Kirandul passenger train through 58 tunnels.
- Stay: a resort or homestay in Araku valley, and an early start rather than a second base for Vanjangi.
- Best time: November to February; the cloud sea needs a cold, clear dawn.
- Trip type: private trips planned around your dates.
Araku and Vanjangi 2 day package
2 days / 1 night from ₹5,299 per person.
Day one is the climb: the Borra caves on the ghat road, Katiki falls, the coffee museum and Padmapuram, with the tribal museum and Dhimsa in the evening. Day two starts at 4 am for Vanjangi and the cloud sea, then Chaparai falls and the road back down to Visakhapatnam.
1 plan: 2 Days Araku Vanjangi Bliss (2D/1N, from ₹5,299).
Araku and Vanjangi 3 day package
3 days / 2 nights from ₹7,299 per person.
The longer plans add Lambasingi, the coldest place in Andhra, the Kirandul train ride, or a day on the Vizag coast at either end.
2 plans: 3 Days Araku Vanjangi Bliss (3D/2N, from ₹7,299); 3 Days Araku Vanjangi Lambasingi Bliss (3D/2N, from ₹7,999).
Araku and Vanjangi 4 day package
4 days / 3 nights from ₹10,499 per person.
The longer plans add Lambasingi, the coldest place in Andhra, the Kirandul train ride, or a day on the Vizag coast at either end.
2 plans: 4 Days Vizag Araku Vanjangi Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹10,499); 4 Days Vizag Araku Vanjangi Honeymoon (4D/3N, from ₹10,499).
Araku and Vanjangi 5 day package
5 days / 4 nights from ₹12,999 per person.
The longer plans add Lambasingi, the coldest place in Andhra, the Kirandul train ride, or a day on the Vizag coast at either end.
2 plans: 5 Days Vizag Araku Vanjangi Bliss (5D/4N, from ₹12,999); 5 Days Vizag Araku Vanjangi Lambasingi Bliss (5D/4N, from ₹13,499).
Places you see on the Araku and Vanjangi trip
The two halves of the trip, in the order most itineraries run them.
- Vanjangi sunrise: A hilltop above the valley where the clouds settle below you before dawn on a cold morning; you leave around 4 am for it.
- Borra Caves: Million-year-old limestone caverns with stalactites lit through the chamber, on the ghat road up.
- Katiki Waterfalls: A short trek down from Borra to a fall in the gorge, best just after the rains.
- Chaparai Waterfalls: A wide sheet of water over flat rock where you can walk in; busiest at weekends.
- Araku coffee plantations and the coffee museum: The valley's own coffee, grown under shade by the tribal cooperatives, with a tasting.
- Padmapuram Gardens: A botanical garden with the toy train and the tree-top huts.
- The tribal museum and Dhimsa dance: The museum at Araku with the Dhimsa performance in the evening.
- The Kirandul passenger train: The line from Visakhapatnam through 58 tunnels and over 84 bridges — the ride, not the destination.
Araku and Vanjangi trip cost
₹5,299 to ₹13,499 per person, and what moves it is the length, the season and the room. 2 days from ₹5,299, 3 days from ₹7,299, 4 days from ₹10,499, 5 days from ₹12,999.
What the price includes
- Travel from the pick-up city and back on a group departure, or the car and driver on a private trip.
- Stays on twin or triple sharing.
- The meals named on the trip page, normally breakfast and dinner on a group departure.
- Sightseeing as listed, and a Travloger trip captain on every group departure.
What it does not include
- Entry at the Borra caves, the tribal museum and Padmapuram gardens.
- The Kirandul train ticket where a trip takes it, and the Vanjangi jeep on the last rough stretch.
- Lunches on travel days, anything personal, and travel insurance.
Who this trip suits
Friends and solo travellers: every trip here is private, so a group of four to eight sets its own pace and splits the cost.
Couples and families: the valley itself is easy — caves, a garden, a coffee tasting and a waterfall you can walk into. Vanjangi is the ask: a 4 am start, an hour in the car and a short climb in the cold, for something that only happens on a clear winter morning. Worth telling children the night before.
Best time to go, and getting to Araku and Vanjangi
Best time
- November to February, 10 to 27°C: The season, and the only reliable window for the Vanjangi cloud sea: cold nights, clear dawns, and the valley at its best.
- March to May, 20 to 35°C: Warm in the valley and much hotter on the coast below; the clouds rarely settle and the falls run thin.
- June to October, 20 to 30°C: The monsoon: the falls at their fullest, the ghat road green and misty, and the fewest people.
Getting there
Visakhapatnam is the only sensible gateway: three hours up the ghat road, or the Kirandul passenger train. Vanjangi is an hour past Araku town and only works as a pre-dawn drive from a night in the valley.
Or take them one at a time
Araku also runs on its own, and pairs with Lambasingi, the coldest place in Andhra.
